Joseph P. Tumulty to Herbert Hoover
Title
Joseph P. Tumulty to Herbert Hoover
Creator
Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1879-1954
Identifier
WWP19099
Date
1917 June 29
Description
Joseph Tumulty relays to Herbert Hoover, Woodrow Wilson’s decision not to make a proclamation.
Source
Hoover-Wilson Correspondence, Hoover Institution, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford, California
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964--Correspondence
Language
English
Text
Personal
Dear Mr. Hoover
I have had pleasure in laying your letter of June 28th before the President, who asks me to say that his judgment is that it would not be wise to issue such a proclamation. He thinks that such proclamations tend to advertise an anxiety on our part which it would be easy to misinterpret on the other side of the water. After all, it would only be a repetition of what he has already said, and for that very reason it would seem to him to be open to the misconstruction suggested.
Sincerely yours,
J.P. Tumulty
Secretary to the President
Dear Mr. Hoover
I have had pleasure in laying your letter of June 28th before the President, who asks me to say that his judgment is that it would not be wise to issue such a proclamation. He thinks that such proclamations tend to advertise an anxiety on our part which it would be easy to misinterpret on the other side of the water. After all, it would only be a repetition of what he has already said, and for that very reason it would seem to him to be open to the misconstruction suggested.
Sincerely yours,
J.P. Tumulty
Secretary to the President
Original Format
Letter
To
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Files
Citation
Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1879-1954, “Joseph P. Tumulty to Herbert Hoover,” 1917 June 29, WWP19099, Hoover Institute at Stanford University Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.